Exchange of access control lists to manage femto cell coverage

Abstract

Access management to femto cell service is provided through access control list(s), e.g., white list(s), or black list(s). White list(s) include a set of subscriber station(s) identifier numbers, codes, or tokens, and also can include additional fields for femto cell access management based on desired complexity. White list(s) can have associated white list profile(s) therewith to establish logic of femto coverage access based on the white list(s). Access lists exchange among subscribers that posses provisioned femto access points and elect to share access lists also is provided. Transference of access list(s) among subscribers is secured and based at least in part on subscriber privacy policy. Subscribers can be prompted to opt in access list sharing, or to update privacy policies to allow reciprocate sharing and update privacy settings. Based at least in part on association criteria, a component identifies femto access points with which a subscriber accesses lists.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A system, comprising:
 a processor; and 
 a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
 selecting femto access point devices based on relevancy scores assigned to locations of user equipment and an association criterion; and 
 facilitating a transmission of notification data to the user equipment, wherein the notification data is indicative of identifications of the femto access point devices. 
 
 
     
     
       2. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the selecting comprises:
 determining a relationship between the femto access point devices; and 
 determining that the relationship satisfies the association criterion. 
 
     
     
       3. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the notification data is transmitted to the user equipment via a voice call. 
     
     
       4. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the notification data is transmitted to the user equipment via a text message. 
     
     
       5. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the association criterion is determined based on location data associated with the femto access point devices. 
     
     
       6. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 determining pattern data indicative of a pattern associated with the locations of the user equipment, wherein the selecting comprises selecting the femto access point devices based on the pattern data. 
 
     
     
       7. The system of  claim 6 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 determining that respective locations of the femto access point devices satisfy a location criterion associated with the pattern data. 
 
     
     
       8. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the relevancy scores are greater than a first value based on corresponding locations of the user equipment being associated with a defined geographical areas. 
     
     
       9. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the association criterion is determined based on subscriber segment data associated with the user equipment. 
     
     
       10. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the association criterion is determined based on market data associated with the user equipment. 
     
     
       11. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 in response to the facilitating the transmission, facilitating population of access control data associated with a femto access point device of the femto access point devices. 
 
     
     
       12. A method, comprising:
 determining, by a system comprising a processor, an association criterion related to a user equipment; and 
 facilitating, by the system, a transmission of notification data to the user equipment, wherein the notification data is indicative of identifications of femto access point devices that are selected based on relevancy scores assigned to locations of the user equipment and the association criterion. 
 
     
     
       13. The method of  claim 12 , further comprising:
 in response to the facilitating the transmission, facilitating, by the system, management of access control data associated with a femto access point device of the femto access point devices. 
 
     
     
       14. The method of  claim 13 , further comprising:
 in response to the facilitating the transmission, receiving, by the system, input data from the user equipment, wherein the facilitating the management of the access control data is based on the input data. 
 
     
     
       15. The method of  claim 12 , wherein the facilitating the transmission comprises facilitating a transmission of a text message. 
     
     
       16. The method of  claim 12 , wherein the facilitating the transmission comprises facilitating a transmission of a voice call. 
     
     
       17. The method of  claim 12 , further comprising:
 selecting, by the system, the femto access point devices based on an analysis of data accessed from network data stores. 
 
     
     
       18. The method of  claim 17 , wherein the selecting comprises selecting the femto access point devices based on privacy policy data. 
     
     
       19. A computer readable storage device comprising executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a system comprising a processor to perform operations, comprising:
 based on relevancy scores assigned to locations of user equipment, determining that femto access point devices satisfy an association criterion related to the user equipment; and 
 facilitating a transmission of notification data to the user equipment, wherein the notification data is indicative of identifications of the femto access point devices. 
 
     
     
       20. The computer readable storage device of  claim 19 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 facilitating management of an access control data structure associated with a femto access point device of the femto access point devices based on the transmission.